that s something that they ll come up with. where do they find it? there are various places, and just that, there s $118 billion if you didn t do the payroll tax extension holiday and if you didn t do that at $250,000, that s almost the same equivalent amount or if you wanted to step back and say hey, let s make sure that these defensive, domestic sequestration cuts of $100 billion and half of that and you can take smalles poohes of that and come up to $100 million and know that it will grow close to 3%. that s the key, and that s why they re behind closed doors today. coming up with that, you don t have to have it done by january either, craig. youb could have the outlines of that and nail it down the following two weeks of january. ret tro actively. absolutely. the treasury department doesn t have to hold the tax withholding schedule you wills if they know
if there s no deal on the debt ceiling. obama administration officials will reportedly brief the public after the markets close tomorrow about how they ll prioritize all of these payments. now when people talk about not raising the debt ceiling as economic armageddon, that list, that exhausting list, that breathtaking out of me list that i just read, that s what they re talking about. but here is the thing. sometimes, you know, we ve made this argument about your individual household. you know, you don t have enough money. you have to make some hard choices. but this doesn t have to happen. that s a real crisis. this doesn t have to happen. the treasury department doesn t have to be put in the position of being the arbitter of who gets paid, senior citizens or military veterans. this is a manufactured crisis that for some reason republicans
breathtaking out of me list that i just read, that s what they re talking about. but here is the thing. sometimes, you know, we ve made this argument about your individual household. you know, you don t have enough money. you have to make some hard choices. but this doesn t have to happen. that s a real crisis. this doesn t have to happen. the treasury department doesn t have to be put in the position of being the arbitter of who gets paid, senior citizens or military veterans. this is a manufactured crisis that for some reason republicans in washington have decided to burden us with. it s like if you re imposing if you re facing an imposing pile of dirty laundry in your house, but rather than just sticking your clothes in the washer, you decide to burn the entire house down instead. our house is still standing. why are we threatening to light the match?
obama administration officials will reportedly brief the public after the markets close tomorrow about how they ll prioritize all of these payments. now when people talk about not raising the debt ceiling as economic armageddon, that list, that exhausting list, that breathtaking out of me list that i just read, that s what they re talking about. but here is the thing. sometimes, you know, we ve made this argument about your individual household. you know, you don t have enough money. you have to make some hard choices. but this doesn t have to happen. that s a real crisis. this doesn t have to happen. the treasury department doesn t have to be put in the position of being the arbitter of who gets paid, senior citizens or military veterans. this is a manufactured crisis
these are the choices the treasury department could be facing over the next few weeks if there s no deal on the debt ceiling. obama administration officials will reportedly brief the public after the markets close tomorrow about how they ll prioritize all of these payments. now when people talk about not raising the debt ceiling as economic armageddon, that list, that exhausting list, that breathtaking out of me list that i just read, that s what they re talking about. but here is the thing. sometimes, you know, we ve made this argument about your individual household. you know, you don t have enough money. you have to make some hard choices. but this doesn t have to happen. that s a real crisis. this doesn t have to happen. the treasury department doesn t have to be put in the position of being the arbitter of who gets paid, senior citizens or military veterans.